Ronald Reagan once claimed that “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’
But of course that senile stooge for Big Money got it wrong. The nine most terrifying words in any language are…
“I’m from America, and I’m here to help you.”
My update of the Reagan Doctrine (insofar as that senile stooge ever had a “doctrine,” or even an idea, except stooging for Big Money) occurred to me when Baghdad was selected as the worst city in the world on the Mercer 2010 Quality of Life Survey.
After seven years of beneficent American occupation!
And Baghdad had to beat out some real humdingers among messed up cities to win that prize!
More messed up than Khartoum?
You betcha!
This was reminiscent of some recent headlines from Afghanistan, selected by Save the Children as the worst place in the world to be born. The worst place to be a mother! The worst place to be a child!
After nine long years of American “assistance!”
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Colin Powell made several comments along these lines:
blah, blah, blah, Iran, blah, blah, sanctions, blah, blah, dangerous, blah, blah, blah, they have nuclear capacity.
and
The President is aware blah, blah, The President is in control blah, blah, blah.
Afghanistan – secure for the people, blah, blah, blah and
of course, we must stay there to make it better for the Afghan people –
blah, blah.
Twelve minutes of my life I won’t get back. When will I learn.
with their religious fury generated by “our” CIA to fight the Russian invasion of Afghanistan for oil pipeline rights did in fact eliminate the poppy trade which is now propping up American institutions such as Golden Sachs.